You now have the opportunity to add a six pack of beer, or a bottle of wine to your food order. You can even order alcohol only.  There’s no extra delivery fee for alcohol if you add it an order from a restaurant in down-town Asheville. How cool is that? If you add it to a restaurant out of the downtown area, an additional  delivery fee will apply.  We focused on local beers, offer a variety of delicious red and white wines, and also have sparkling for those special occasions.

 Asheville was voted Beer City USA in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Our city is home to a world-renowned specialty beer store (Bruisin’ Ales, rated #3 retailer worldwide by RateBeer), five annual beer festivals, and a  regular “Beer Guy” column in the local paper. Asheville is also home to the Biltmore Winery, located on the Biltmore Estate, where you can taste, purchase and enjoy robust reds, refreshing roses, and crisp whites, made here, in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

 So, the next time you place an order with Valet Gourmet don’t forget to include a bottle of your favorite red, or a six pack of Highland’s Seasonal Brew!

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Valet Gourmet is one of the many small businesses that makes Asheville so unique. It gives families and friends the opportunity to bring the downtown dining experience into their home, entertain guests in the comfort of their dining room, and offers a simple solution for those late nights at the office. No one driver is the same, so each time you place an order, its a new experience. For the working mother of three to the elderly gentleman down the lane, Valet Gourmet is changing the way Asheville dines.

So how does it work? Valet Gourmet is partnered with over 50 of Asheville’s premier restaurants. valetgourmet.com offers a user-friendly, interactive experience for ordering food online. Pick your restaurant, pick your entrees, pick your payment option, and just like that you are less than an hour away from a fresh, delicious meal. If the classic person to person approach is more your style, Valet Gourmet has a friendly office staff available to take your order over the phone. A small delivery charge does apply based on your location and which of the restaurant partners you select. Valet Gourmet also specailizes in custom, drop-off catering solutions for your business meetings or social events.

So, whether you live in Asheville or you are just passing through, Valet Gourmet is a must for the true “Asheville experience.” Exceeding expectations is Valet Gourmet’s first Core Value for a good reason. Every customer is always treated like family, whether you are ordering for one or one hundred.

This has been a very tricky process. It has taken 3 months and an infinite amount of revisions to come up with the right list. Probably the most difficult part was figuring out who we ARE vs. who we WANT to be. We took a hard look at ourselves, interviewing drivers, office staff and other company affiliates as well as analyzing the type of people that typically do not work well with our company.

Now that we have determined our specific set of values (exactly what our company stands for), we have a very straight-forward guide to help us in our decision making.

Without further ado, here are Valet Gourmet’s 10 Core Values. We hope our customers, employees, restaurant partners and the caterers and self-employed delivery professionals who hire us to do their marketing find them as exciting as we do. ~ Kenan

1. Exceed Expectations Through Service.
Providing sustainable happiness and satisfaction to others is our #1 goal!

2. Be Committed and Thorough.
If you say you are going to do something, do it! Achieving mediocrity is unacceptable and a waste of energy.

3. Be Brutally Honest, Passionate, and Loyal.
Stand by what you believe. Be honest with yourself and those around you; trusting this will promote a beneficial environment for everyone involved.

4. Operate Proactively and With a Sense of Urgency.
Be ready and prepared in order to accommodate sudden and unanticipated situations. Predictive planning allows for versatility and prevents potential chaos.

5. Create and Embrace Change.
Take what works and make it better. Be vocal about new ideas and grant others the same opportunity.

6. No Cheap Excuses.
The ability to take responsibility for decisions-made is an indication of good character. Make mistakes with grace and learn from them.

7. Be Open to Input and Constructive Criticism.
Wisdom comes from countless places. Remain humble enough to identify opportunities to learn from an unexpected source.

8. Actively Streamline.
Be as efficient as possible, materialistically and ideologically, without compromising standards.

9. Pick the Healthiest Solution.
Keep the “big picture” in mind when making decisions. Sometimes the best answer isn’t always the easiest.

10. Resist Drama.
Be upfront with others about disagreements. Needless complaints, gossip, and tensions are counter-productive.